As time passes, it will seem more and more convenient to historians that the last decade ended so punctually—we rang in 2020 just as COVID was gaining traction, two months before it precipitated an unprecedented, jarring global disruption. This temporal alignment stands in contrast to the “Long ‘90s,” which began with the Berlin Wall falling in 1989 and ended with 9/11—a 12-year decade—as well as the ‘00s, which lackadaisically faded into the ‘10s without an obvious bookend to mark its passing (ironically, the best milestone is probably
The antitech sentiment of 2016-2019 did not fade away, it's one of the few bipartisan movements happening in American policy both state and federal, and especially prolific in Europe. I can't make predictions on how far the US will actually go on antitech and antitrust stuff they're building now, nor what form a backlash would occur, but I expect one reason the discussion has faded from culture is because everyone took it into DM.
I can't be the only person noticing a surge of Discord invites. In those groups the conversations are far more nuanced but also more narrow. This feels productive, to me, at this stage. Antitech thinkers can do more than just post an angry Tweet, and regular Twitter users won't get as riled up by the Tweet. The messages on the "antitech discord group" gets interested parties coordinated, instead of stochastic meme making.
There's, uh, also the chance that stronger moderation policies and groups splitting off to create their own platforms has actually improved the platforms as intended. For some reason the concept that it might work even a little bit is dismissed as an option.
And lastly I think the pandemic really did get people off their screens and more outside and analog than they were previously, and that reduces irritability.
The antitech sentiment of 2016-2019 did not fade away, it's one of the few bipartisan movements happening in American policy both state and federal, and especially prolific in Europe. I can't make predictions on how far the US will actually go on antitech and antitrust stuff they're building now, nor what form a backlash would occur, but I expect one reason the discussion has faded from culture is because everyone took it into DM.
I can't be the only person noticing a surge of Discord invites. In those groups the conversations are far more nuanced but also more narrow. This feels productive, to me, at this stage. Antitech thinkers can do more than just post an angry Tweet, and regular Twitter users won't get as riled up by the Tweet. The messages on the "antitech discord group" gets interested parties coordinated, instead of stochastic meme making.
There's, uh, also the chance that stronger moderation policies and groups splitting off to create their own platforms has actually improved the platforms as intended. For some reason the concept that it might work even a little bit is dismissed as an option.
And lastly I think the pandemic really did get people off their screens and more outside and analog than they were previously, and that reduces irritability.